Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 176: Layla versus Emily (Final)

However, before she could look down to confirm. She was already frozen completely. If she could look down, she would have seen both of Layla's hands coming out of her own shadow and grabbing her legs.

It seemed that, while Layla couldn't attack while completely inside the Shadow Realm. She could attack as long as the body part she's attacking with is outside and in contact with the target.

Emily didn't see it coming. Layla being able to use the Shadow Element had completely slipped her mind. Which was not entirely her fault. She was aware of it when they first started fighting.

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However, as there battle continued, there were many things to think about. Due to this, she forgot about it. Layla was also consciously trying to make her forget about it with how she fought. There were times she could have used it, but chose not to.

Emily even had the feeling that she was forgetting something important throughout the battle. She just couldn't remember what it was. Which was something most people have gone through at some point in their lives.

Especially in situations like her current one, where she had to be constantly on her toes. She didn't have time to take a step back and properly think.

Which she paid for, unfortunately. She was locked in ice before she could do anything. On the bright side, she won't ever forget Layla's ice ability from that day onwards.

"Firstly, I'm not a coward. It's called a strategy. Secondly, it's because I wanted this that I thought of a winning strategy without going all out. Which is why I won, and you lost," Layla spoke calmly while coming out of Emily's shadow.

The flame dome had been dispelled the moment Emily was trapped in ice. From the look of things. It was definitely Layla's win without a doubt.

BOOOM!

"No! You haven't won! Exploding Flame Spear! Huh?!" Emily, who had thought she had played along well enough to successfully ambush Layla, was surprised.

Just as her attack was about to strike Layla. The black-haired Ice Element Evolver dissolved in front of Emily's eyes. She wasn't too surprised by the visual effects since she had seen how Layla entered the Shadow Realm before. What surprised her was the fact that Layla shouldn't have been able to do that with the shadows to enter.

She was even more surprised when she noticed that the whole ground around her was shaded darker due to the shadows on it.

"Look up..." Layla's voice sounded in Emily's right ear from just beside her.

"Ahh!"

Which obviously startled her into jumping away. Then she did what Layla asked her to do after taking a defensive position. Which was looking up. The moment she did, all her fighting spirit left her body.

"How do you like my Sky Stalactite spell?" Layla asked her without moving from her position. There was even a hint of taunting in her voice. She was clearly enjoying the situation.

"I told you that I've won" She continued without waiting for Emily to reply to the obviously rhetorical question.

"I thought we agreed not to use our best spells?" Emily asked with a defeatedly low voice.

How could she not be defeated when the sky above her was covered by an unknown number of huge pointy ice cones around half the size of the fire sphere she used before.

The damn things were covering every inch of space in the arena. No matter where she tried to run to, they would be there. If she tried to mount a defence. It might work for a few of them but she would eventually be overwhelmed and squashed. There was really no way out for her without getting out of the arena. Which would be her loss since that was against the rules.

Well, she did have another plan. Unfortunately, she was nowhere near as agile as she would need to be to actually carry it out. Only people like Jade, Emily, Audrey and Muku would be able to because of their physical prowess. Not to mention that even they would need some luck to do it.

The plan was to jump up and meet the attacks midway. Then, use your abilities to jump in between them until they are below you. Which would be really cool if done, but she couldn't.

There was also the option to create her strongest-ever defence and ward off the attacks. However, using flames to defend against such large solid objects from above was no different from seeking death. People like Muku and Audrey could maybe do it with their elements that also have solid states, but she couldn't.

"That's not one of my best attacks though. Otherwise, they would have been black instead. I'm sure you know the difference between the two..." Layla defended herself in a relaxed manner.

It was clear to everyone present that the fight was over even though Emily hadn't admitted defeat yet. So, talking wasn't a problem.

"I know that... But it seems a little excessive don't you think? It seems to blur the lines a bit if you ask me. Just because you have crazier attacks doesn't make that any less crazy, you know," Emily persisted in her stance. She was secretly hoping to reason Layla into agreeing that it was a draw since she went too far.

While she didn't mind losing too much. Anyone would choose a draw of a loss if there's a chance for it. She was definitely not being a sore loser...

"Look behind you hypocrite" Layla didn't try to argue. She only told Emily to look behind her while pointing at something there after an eye roll.

"Hhm? Oh... Yeah, I totally deserve that" Emily did as told and she immediately understood what Layla meant.

At some distance behind her was the huge crater, she had made with her flame sphere. She might have nerfed it by not adding the "explode-upon-impact" attribute. However, it was still devastating and pushing it a bit. Which was obvious from the damage it did.

"You almost had me there if I wasn't lucky" Layla decided to add a few words so that Emily really understood the situation and wouldn't argue about the ending anymore.

"Fine, I get it. It's your win. I give up. However, how did you make it from there to my shadow though? I know for certain you had not activated those things in the sky yet" Emily finally admitted defeat which brought an official conclusion to the duel. Of course, she asked the question that had been bothering her since the event happened. How did Layla do what she did?

"Oh, that, it's simple, really. Of course, like I said before there was an element of luck involved as well. Just when your sphere was about to hit me. I escaped into the Shadow Realm. I created an ice arrow, which was given a sufficient shadow by your attack's light. Then shot it towards you as I entered the shadow. It was a risky move since the arrow didn't survive long under such intense heat. However, it survived long enough for me to jump into your shadow before fading into nothingness" Layla explained how she did what she did since she had already won.

There was no need to keep such things from her comrades after all. Maybe one day Emily would be faced with such a case while fighting an enemy. The information would be quite useful then, preventing her from suffering any unnecessary losses.

"What would have happened if it had melted away before you reached me though?!" Emily asked feeling horrified.

She felt that Layla was way too reckless. Especially for such a petty match...